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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3893515, member: 59677&quot;]The first error is that RARE does not always equal VALUABLE.</p><p><br /></p><p>There may only be one in the world and if nobody wants to buy it, it&#039;s not valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two DDR varietes for the 2009P DC Quarter at PCGS</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-801-district-columbia/510124" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-801-district-columbia/510124" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-801-district-columbia/510124</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-802-district-columbia/510125" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-802-district-columbia/510125" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2009-p-25c-ddr-fs-802-district-columbia/510125</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the top grade, only 5 and 2 have been graded but they are $200 coins (and most of us assume the PCGS price guide is inflated because they love their plastic holders).</p><p><br /></p><p>None have actually sold at auction, but assume one does for $200.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the buyer&#039;s premium, it sells for $240 and Heritage also gets a $20 (10%) seller&#039;s fee from you. A $240 sale with a $50 fee is not major money to a company that does $900M a year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you are confusing the initial price, reserve price, and auction estimate. So you need to learn a lot more about how auctions work. Heritage has materials available to consignors - read it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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